VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released with Initial 6.18 Kernel Support

VirtualBox, the free open-source hypervisor software by Oracle, released new 7.2.4 version yesterday.

This is the second maintenance update for the latest 7.2 release series, features only include some bug-fixes, translation updates and minor new features.

First, the new release added initial support for Linux Kernel 6.18, which is still in RC development stage. Meaning it now works for Linux with this mainline kernel, either running as host OS or guest in virtual machine.

The release fixed Linux Guest Additions compile issue for RHEL 9.6 / 9.7 and their derivatives, such as Alma Linux 9. It also fixed Guest Additions installation issue on Windows XP SP2.

It as well fixed the VirtualBox VM Manager crash issue when the Windows host OS was resuming from sleep, and, fixed NAT networking breaks when adding additional port forwarding rule.

Other changes include translation updates with support for Traditional Chinese, Greek, Swedish, Hungarian and Indonesian. For more, see the official ChangeLog page.

Get VirtualBox 7.2.4

The official packages for Linux, Windows, macOS, and Solaris hosts are available to download in its website via the link below:

Download VirtualBox

NOTE: the new release so far does NOT support Ubuntu 25.10 host OS, even the package for 25.04 does not install on it due to dependency issue.

source https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/10/virtualbox-7-2-4-released-with-initial-6-18-kernel-support/